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USD/JPY advances on US confidence rebound, Japanese monetary policy concerns
USD/JPY trades around 155.95 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.80% on the day, supported by the strength of the US Dollar (USD) amid firmer US macroeconomic data and persistent weakness in the Japanese Yen (JPY).
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Incoming Fed chair Warsh is 'strong believer' in Federal Reserve independence, BoE's Bailey says
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday he believed Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to head the Federal Reserve, would seek to uphold the central bank's independence. "I've known Kevin Warsh for a long time, because he was ...Reuters
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QUOTES-Analysts' comments after Anthropic unveils new plug-ins
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled 10 new ways for business customers to plug in its technology to key areas of their work, weeks after other releases sparked an aggressive selloff of traditional software company shares.The San Francisco-based startup said i...Reuters
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FOREX-Yen weakens on report Japan PM questioned rate hike plans
Yen weakens on report PM Takaichi questioned BOJ rate hike plansEconomists expected BOJ rate hike to 1% by end-JuneTraders focus on US tariffs and geopolitical tensions with IranBy Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The Japanese yen slipped on Tuesday after a news report that Japanese Pr...Reuters
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GBP/JPY climbs above two-week range as Yen weakens, Bailey testimony eyed
The British Pound (GBP) strengthens against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Tuesday as the yen weakens broadly after reports that Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raised concerns about further interest rate hikes in a meeting with Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda last week.
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FOREX-Yen slips after report on Japanese PM's rate-hike reservations
European Parliament delays vote on EU-US trade dealState Department withdraws personnel from Beirut amid Iran tensionsTrump said to be considering new tariffs on various industriesBy Niket Nishant and Rocky Swift LONDON/TOKYO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The yen weakened on Tuesday after a report said Ja...Reuters
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Sterling lingers near one-month low ahead of BoE's Bailey
By Niket Nishant LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The pound was little changed on Tuesday after eking out modest gains in the last two sessions, as traders awaited testimony from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and monitored potential fallout from new U.S. tariffs.Sterling GBP=D3 was trading at...Reuters
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Citigroup's hedge fund clients sold the dollar around Supreme Court tariff ruling
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Citigroup's hedge fund clients C.N sold the dollar around Friday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, according to a note from the U.S. bank shared with Reuters late on Monday. The dollar =USD fell in volatile trading on Fri...Reuters
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Brazil posts larger-than-expected current account deficit in January
BRASILIA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Brazil's current account deficit started the year wider than expected by economists, central bank data showed on Tuesday, while foreign direct investment (FDI) came in well above forecasts.Latin America's largest economy posted a current account deficit of $8.36 ...Reuters
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EUR/JPY advances as Yen weakens amid doubts over BoJ tightening
EUR/JPY trades around 183.50 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.60% on the day, mainly benefiting from a weakening Japanese Yen (JPY). The pair’s upward move is driven more by the softness of the Japanese currency than by intrinsic strength in the Euro (EUR).
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Brazil posts larger-than-expected current account deficit in January
BRASILIA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Brazil's current account deficit reached $8.36 billion in January, central bank data showed on Tuesday, wider than the $6.4 billion expected by economists in a Reuters poll. The country attracted $8.168 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) for the month, higher...Reuters
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Japan PM voiced concerns about further rate hikes to BOJ, Mainichi reports
TOKYO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed reservations about additional interest rate hikes during her meeting with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda last week, The Mainichi daily reported on Tuesday, citing multiple unnamed sources.The report, if true, signals poten...Reuters
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EUR/USD trades flat near 1.1780 even as US Dollar trades firmly
The EUR/USD pair trades in a tight range around 1.1780 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The major currency pair consolidates even as the US Dollar (USD) trades firmly, suggesting that the Euro (EUR) is also upbeat.Fxstreet
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Currency trading costs jumped during November's CME outage, SNB report says
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The cost of trading euro/dollar, the world's most actively traded currency pair, rose sharply in late November when a failure at a data centre caused the temporary suspension of operations across multiple CME group exchanges, a Swiss National Bank report on Tuesday sho...Reuters
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FOREX-Yen slips after report on Japanese PM Takaichi's rate-hike reservations hits sentiment
European Parliament delays vote on EU-US trade dealState Department withdraws personnel from Beirut amid Iran tensionsTrump said to be considering new tariffs on various industriesBy Rocky Swift and Niket Nishant TOKYO/LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The yen weakened on Tuesday after a report that Ja...Reuters
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